Tag: Barbados

• Thursday, January 5th 2023 - 10:07 UTC

  Actor Benedict Cumberbatch to account for his family's slave-owning past?

  

  British actor Benedict Cumberbatch might be called to account for his family's slaveholding ties to a sugar plantation in Barbados, it was reported.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Argentine President already in Barbados for PM meeting

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday landed in Barbados for a meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Mia Mottley amid strong COVID-19 restrictions for reporters. It is the South American head of state's last stop of an international tour which included Russia and China.

• Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 20:53 UTC

  Argentine President adds Barbados to his global tour next month

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández's upcoming tour has found a way to add some mileage after a stop in Barbados has been arranged to meet with Prime Minister Mia Mottley, it was announced Tuesday. Fernández's trip starts on Feb. with a visit to visit China and also to Russia.

• Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 08:06 UTC

  PM Mottley poised for landslide reelection victory in Barbados

  

  Mia Mottley looked poised to be re-elected as Prime Minister of Barbados, while projections heralded the Barbados Labor Party (BLP) will hold more than two-thirds of the seats in Parliament following Wednesday's (Jan. 19) elections.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 11:02 UTC

  Monday is Barbados' last day under a British monarchy

  

  Barbados is getting ready to cut ties with Queen Elizabeth II and replace her with her current representative, Governor-General Sandra Mason, as head of state this week.

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 07:06 UTC

  Barbados to quit British Commonwealth effective December 1

  

  The Parliament of Barbados has passed by 25 votes to none a Constitutional Amendment whereby the former British colony, which remained within the Commonwealth after its declaration of independence in 1966 will become a republic and thus remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state. The decision will become effective on Dec. 1.

• Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  Barbados to become a republic November 2021; the Caribbean nation is expected to remain in the Commonwealth

  

  The Caribbean island of Barbados wants to remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic, the government has said, reviving a plan mooted several times in the past.

• Thursday, August 29th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Venezuela political talks “aren't working”, admits opposition leader Guaidó

  

  Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido admitted on Wednesday that talks with the government of President Nicolas Maduro aimed at resolving the country's political crisis “aren't working.” Talks mediated by Norway first took place in May in Oslo with several subsequent rounds in Barbados.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 09:17 UTC

  Talks of a presidential election in Venezuela, but many obstacles remain

  

  Allies of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had discussed holding a presidential election in the coming months during talks to find a breakthrough in the country's political crisis, according to sources. Opposition politicians will travel to Washington to speak to US officials this week, the sources said.

• Friday, August 16th 2019 - 07:00 UTC

  Maduro wants to resume talks with Venezuelan opposition under Norwegian mediation

  

  Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Thursday the government would meet with Norwegian mediators in an effort to restart talks with the opposition aimed at resolving the country's political crisis.